A comprehensive review of water quality monitoring and assessment in Nigeria

JO Ighalo, AG Adeniyi - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Nigeria is the most populated black nation in the world with about 199 million people. About
66.3 million Nigerians do not have access to safe drinking water. In this study, research …

Detrimental effects of heavy metals in soil, plants, and aquatic ecosystems and in humans

A Jaiswal, A Verma, P Jaiswal - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - dl.begellhouse.com
Environmental pollution has posed a major threat to flora as well as fauna for the past few
decades. Industries release effluents into the environment which act as the major source of …

[HTML][HTML] Preliminary assessment of heavy metals in water and sediment of Karnaphuli River, Bangladesh

MM Ali, ML Ali, MS Islam, MZ Rahman - … Nanotechnology, Monitoring & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Contamination of heavy metals in sediment is regarded as a global crisis with a large share
in developing countries like Bangladesh. Four heavy metals such as arsenic (As), chromium …

Heavy metal pollution in surface water and sediment: a preliminary assessment of an urban river in a developing country

MS Islam, MK Ahmed, M Raknuzzaman… - Ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
The concentration and chemical fractionation of globally alarming six heavy metals (Cr, Ni,
Cu, As, Cd and Pb) were measured in surface water and sediment of an urban river in …

Study on heavy metals levels and its risk assessment in some edible fishes from Bangshi River, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

MS Rahman, AH Molla, N Saha, A Rahman - Food chemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Concentrations of eight heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Ni, Cr, Cu, Zn, Mn, and As) in the muscles of
ten species of fish collected from Bangshi River at Savar in Bangladesh were measured in …

Distribution, source identification, ecological and health risks of heavy metals in surface sediments of the Rupsa River, Bangladesh

R Proshad, T Kormoker, S Islam - Toxin reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The present study was conducted to assess the pollution level and distribution of heavy
metals and their ecological and health risk in sediments of the Rupsa River, Bangladesh …

Potential ecological risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in sediment and water body around Dhaka export processing zone, Bangladesh

MS Rahman, N Saha, AH Molla - Environmental earth sciences, 2014 - Springer
Sediments and surface water contamination by the industrial effluents containing heavy
metals is the most detrimental environmental impact. Therefore, the present work attempts to …

[HTML][HTML] Contamination of stream sediment with heavy metals in the Awetu watershed of southwestern Ethiopia

H Astatkie, A Ambelu, E Mengistie - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Surface sediment samples were collected from different streams of Awetu Watershed in
southwestern Ethiopia. Sediment samples were analyzed for As, Cd, Cr, Pb, and Hg levels …

Heavy metal concentrations in commercially valuable fishes with health hazard inference from Karnaphuli river, Bangladesh

MM Ali, ML Ali, R Proshad, S Islam… - … and ecological risk …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Heavy metals contamination is a serious threat for the toxicity and bioaccumulation in food
chain. Aquatic environment contamination has become a global concern because they have …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metals contents in Nasser Lake and the Nile River, Egypt: an overview

ME Goher, MHH Ali, SM El-Sayed - The Egyptian Journal of Aquatic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) pollution of water is a continuous worldwide issue in both developing
and developed countries. HMs are resistant and non-degradable elements that are …